A new report on how teachers use video games in
classrooms identifies features they find most useful to track student learning, as well as gaps where better tools could help link games more closely to the curriculum.
Not exact matches
The first one was that Maori students
identified that they wanted teachers who respected their cultural location as Maori and part of that [is] teachers who are culturally appropriate; so, who understand some of the
features of Maori culture, and use in the curriculum and use in the
classroom what I would call «Maori iconography» - so students could see themselves in the curriculum.
The schools and communities
featured on the map were
identified by ASCD or Whole Child Partner organizations for their work to ensure that each child in every
classroom is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
In a review of empirical literature on teacher leadership, twenty seven studies were
identified that
featured teacher leaders involved in the design and / or facilitation of professional development of
classroom teachers (See Table 1).
In a follow - up study, Sherin and van Es (2009)
identified three primary research agendas for the use of video in supporting teacher learning: increasing pedagogical repertoire, developing content knowledge for teaching, and «learning to notice» important
features of
classroom interactions.
While there is no «one - size - fits - all» approach to helping students maintain their focus, there is an opportunity for educators to
identify digital
features that students are naturally drawn to, and mimic these within the online
classroom.
Even though
features of effective PD for technology integration have been
identified in research studies (e.g., O'Hara, Pritchard, Huang, & Pella, 2013; Smolin & Lawless, 2011), teachers continue to report technology PD as not effective to support their use of technology in
classrooms (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2014; U.S. DOE, 2016).
Five key
features that boost program impact will be
identified, including: 1) a focus on improving
classroom management and the quality of teacher - student interactions, 2) intentional efforts to build child skills, 3) the use of professional development to promote high - fidelity implementation, 4) the inclusion of parents, and 5) integration with academic enrichment programs.